What
about the rest of you? Is there a particular word or phrase that you
encountered for the first time in one of Diana Gabaldon's books or
stories? Feel free to post a comment here or on my Outlandish Observations Facebook page.

Diana makes no secret of the fact that she loves unusual words. Look here for a post on Compuserve from 2008 in which she talks about it in some detail.

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My favorite is guddle, in Echo in the Bone, during the * ahem * scene from Jamie's perspective, after Claire delivers Lizzie's 2nd baby. It means to tickle the underbelly of a fish, in order to catch it (it stuns/lulls the fish). Very descriptive, I think!

Their are about 10,000 words and phrases in her books that I encountered for the first time and I love it! I have to look them up (admittedly I can't find some of them) because it keeps my mind sharp and it's nice to learn something new every day. :-)

My favorite was uxorious which Roger (I think) used when he was describing Jamie's feelings for Claire. When I looked it up it said "having or showing an excessive or submissive fondness for one's wife."

Heard interlocutor today listening to Drums of Autumn when Claire first meets John Quincy Myers. Means someone who takes part in a dialogue or conversation. So many other words she could have chosen. Brilliant. Claire later performed hernia repair surgery on Mr. Myers.

I have all of the Outlander series in hardcover - I love the feel of a book - but ended up getting them all on my kindle. It makes it so much easier to look up the definition of a word. I love it when I come across a new word and there are lots of them in Diana's books!

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